Harper's Ferry sentinel. [volume] (Harpers Ferry, W. Va.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-31


Cloth bonnets to match the costume
are very stylish for street wear
Braided felt is made TO initiate fancy
straw It is fashionable and new
Eotted tulles and colored blonde laces
are favorite fabrics for evening wear.
Miss Ellers, NJ. d, receives sis 900
for prescribing nice things for the Queen
OF Corea.
Brown and white is still fayorite
combination particularly for little chill
dren's garments.
Rolled bands Of fur instead Of fiat are
the fashionable freak in trimming furs for
outer garments.
Belt clasps are oftener used than
buckles, they being more convenient and
quite as effective.
The newest lace pins are Of oxidized
silver, with mountings Of antique, marine
and military subjects
The use Of soutache braid id two
widths is very effective aud IS seen on
costumes and garments.
Green velvet short wraps are made
with string sleeves and are as stylish as
anything ii colored velvet.
a woman, Mrs. Al. II. Holloway, has
been given d five years contract to clean
the streets of Buffalo, N. \
Miss Mary B. Coleman is Register of
Deeds for Clay county, Ill. One 0f the
first women to hold such place.
The tiny edge of ostrich feather ruch-
ing which is used on hats or bonnets is
becoming and makes q pretty face trim
ming
Gobelin blue is still ono Of the most
attractive colors of the season and IS
combined with almost any dark, rich
shade.
Miss Annie Whitney, the sculptor, has
won high praise for her bronze statue
Of Left Erikson. recently unveiled il
Boston.
Shirts of lace, sown lengthwise with
ribbon between, alternating with bands
Of silk embroidery, are stylish world
without end.
Half-sleeves Of silk or MORE, longest
on the inside, are worn over full sleeves
of lace OF close ones of velvet and are
abnormally ugly.
Princesse gowns Of two fabrics have
the fronts Of the different materials, the
right tapping far over the left, which
shows as an under-waist.
Fancy stripes in velvets make very
pretty petticoats for young girls, and at
any age they may be worn this season,
for bright plaids and gay stripes rule the
day.
Except in jet, beads are giving place
in dress trimmings to metallic threads,
which are used for appliques or other
embroideTies, either alone OF mixed with
cord.
The serpent ring Is most worn as the
ancient symbol Of eternity. A jewel IN
the head does not harm the significance
and adds much to its effect. An emer-
aid is effective.
Shot stockings are shown to wear with
evening gowns. Some Of these have
sopenWork stripes in relief, which run
from the foot to the ankle, then cross the
leg horizontally.
al Louisiana lady of aristocratic rear
ing, who was once famous for her wealth
and the number Of her slaves, now earns
a few cents day by picking cotton on
the plantation that was her own before
the war.
The parures and skirt decorations ii
artificial flowers are very elegant and be-
coming. and are imported in q variety Of
beautiful trailing buds and blossoms, the
jessamine being among the newest and
most graceful.
Silken fabrics were never cheaper than
at present, and being light in Weightand
comparatively durable, it is little wonder
if they continue to attract the majority,
particularly as this is fashionable sea-
son for silk Of all kinds.
Passementerie III which there IS 4
metal thread is very stylish and can be
made into d very appropriate trimming
for an outer jacket or dress trimming
either. It comes in sets for vest, collar,
and cuffs and sometimes revers.
At church entertainment III Wash
ington recently, boxes Of luncheon were
sold to the Young men, and In each box
was the card Of some young woman who
was present The purchasers were sup
posed MOTTO know what names were ii /
the boxes they bought, and each was ex-
pected to share his luncheon with the
girl whose name he found ID the box.
One of the most prominent and beau
tiful society women Of Chicago takes
all the exercise she gets ii her room.
The major portion of this consists Of
quick and graceful movements OF limbs,
performed before q fine large mirror,
each movement being repeated score Of
times, until the whole series (fifteen) has
rnrefved dup attention TkkkY, eha